MAlABAR SHRfKE. 



Lanius Malabaricus. L, nigro-ccendescens, crista frontali pkna^ 

 rectricibvs extimis longissimis denudatis apice pennatis, 



!&lueish-black Shrike, with full-feathered frontal crest, and 

 exterior tail-feathers very long, naked-shafted, with plumed 

 tips. 



Lanius Malabaricus. X. ct£rnIeo-niger, remigibus caudaqiic 

 nigris, rectricibus extimis ntritique longissimis denudatis^ apice 

 latere exteriore pennatis. Lath. ind. or7i. 



Malabar Shrike. Lath. si/?i. suppL 



A HIGHLY singular species, firsl described by 

 Monsr. Sonnerat. Size of the Missel Thrush: 

 colour on all parts deep black, with a gloss of blue 

 on the upper parts and breast, where the feathers 

 are of a lanceolate shape : on the head, springing 

 immediately above the base of the upper mandi- 

 ble, a large, rising tuft, consisting of many plumes 

 of different lengths, and much resembling that of 

 the Rose-coloured Ouzel: tail of moderate lengthy 

 but with the exterior feather on each side extended 

 from its outside tip into a naked shaft, of a length 

 equalling that of the whole bird, and ending in a 

 lengthened oval web, measuring about an inch 

 and half : bill and legs black. This bird is found 

 in India, but more particularly, as it is said, in the 

 hilly regions of the Kingdom of Aracan. 



